Many students doing basic mathematics cannot distinguish between #iteration, #simulation, and #emulation as different methods of experiment design.
Even further surprised why so many students don't know the similarity and the difference between computation and calculation.
These are some of the basic mistakes which one, embedded into the mind, will work their way right into a workplace and destroy our educational foundations
For, e.g. when I was teaching Introduction to FRM Financial Risk Management, I noticed many students thought they are three different types of VaR - Value at Risk.
What they didn't realize is that VaR can be computed using different models aka methodologies, namely, HS, VCV, MCS.
Similarly, students in risk management struggle to compare the conceptual differences among #volatility modelling terms/syllables, such as scaling, updating, temporal aggregation, forecasting, smoothing, market swings, amplification, noise, jumps, regime-switching, and so on etc.
Also, I have noticed that many market risk managers not just students doing advanced financial economics or financial risk electives, do not know that TVaR, ES, ESF, CVaR, LEC, AVaR, and other mumbo jumbo are all explaining the losses exceeding the Lognormal VaR Metric.
What we are lacking in the #FRM Financial Risk Management syllabus or curriculum is a dictionary that will help us to standardize concepts, connotations, and contextual understanding of the problems risk managers encounter at the workplace.
A common language is required.
And why do some firms fail in meeting supervisory aka BOD assigned #GRC Governance, Risk and Compliance Targets?
Because they don't have a common language or standardized taxonomy in place!!
And what that leads to?
The failure to develop an Integrated Risk Management/ ERM Culture
Communication Gap among the 3-LOD might lead to #conduct risk.
So, academic scholars and researchers at the universities and business schools, who are engaged in teaching risk management, insurance, actuarial science and other types of hazard control disciplines and resilience frameworks, must ensure they trickle down standardized #semantics
uni-due.de/ELE/Linguistic…
Please refer to the dictionary of linguistics.
Even Risk Managers might find this useful to develop a standardized hierarchical taxonomy of risks on an Enterprise-wide basis.
Also, do read #Wittgenstein to understand the philosophy of language,
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There is a vested commercial interest in increasing #complexity around everything.
Some scholars and intellectual propagandists would like to make things appear overly complicated because that is how they can make money.
#Complexity problem can be broken down by asking relevant straightforward questions and providing equally relevant simple-minded answers which address the root causes and understands the effects.
Did the #Irish Central Bank provide sovereign guarantees to buyers of Irish Bank Bonds and other contractual debt liabilities classified as fixed income securities, before the #GFC struck?
I asked this question after watching Professor Kelly on YouTube.
He was describing how the #Irish Central Bank allowed banks to import capital in large sums, and later lend it out to housing finance borrowers.
That created a severe #ALM Mismatch, as homes are not liquid assets.
Only after the #GFC, did the Irish and other banks realize that a run on the #deposits could lead to financial #insolvency. #Ruin#Risk by definition is the gap between Unexpected #Loss and Expected Loss.
As the gap increases, the chances of financial ruin and #default rises too!
How do you prepare for an investor relations interview at a large asset management company managing multiple funds?
Speak with confidence, dress well and above all use an impressive array of financial jargon and cutting edge terms, as many as you can, to make the employer feel comfortable.
In modern times, you should also be familiar with some data science concepts.
E.g. how data visualization tools can help the customer extract value from the research reports.
You need to know everything about Capital Markets at least.
Investment Banking and Asset Management Sector /brokerage require an exceptional understanding of debt and equity market instruments and asset classes.
Sound knowledge of derivative markets will add to your CV.
Most of the #MBA Finance students who attended my masterclass in Investments and Portfolio Management did not know how to use the #VLOOKUP or #VLOOKDOWN XLS Functions
Most of them completed graded courses in CS.
And then students complain about the standard of business education?
Not only that!
Most of the MBAs specializing in Finance that apply for Industrial Placement Programs or internships, struggle to read and understand financial statements.
Does that surprise you?
Not me!
Because Finance Majors are not necessarily good at using #Accounting or #IFRS
I am dead against an MBA Finance Degree.
its neither fish nor fowl
You cannot become a Financial Planner only by reading business case studies or solving a few exercises or writing project reports using standard formats
Better opt for an MS or MSc in Finance with a focus on Maths